Robert David LaFoy Sr

July 12, 2021

Mr. Robert David LaFoy, Sr., age 83, passed away Monday, July 12, 2021, at Lexington Hospice House. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until Noon on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at Wolfe Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, at Good Shepherd Church Cemetery on Zoar Road in Charlotte, with the Rev. Tony Caruso officiating. Born in Charlotte, N.C., Mr. LaFoy was a son of the late Rufus and Ethel Hager LaFoy. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Forrestal and was the barber known as “Bobby D”. Mr. LaFoy was an avid golfer, and he enjoyed shooting billiards and bowling. Surviving are his children, Robert “Robbie” LaFoy, Jr. (Donna) and Crystal LaFoy Prather (Billy); two sisters, Peggy Ann Bailes and Vicki Ernsberger; three grandchildren, Amanda LaFoy Fisher, Amber Prather Thomas, and Brittany Michelle Prather; two great-granddaughters, Ashlyn and Bella Fisher; and two great-grandsons, Riley and Jacob Thomas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie Juanita Fussell LaFoy (2016); and his brother, Butch LaFoy.